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π nvme_init_directive_send_id_endir β bestie edition
okay so this is a libnvme API manual page, and the function we're obsessing over today is nvme_init_directive_send_id_endir(9). yes that's a whole mouthful, no we're not shortening it, it's iconic like that. π
β¨ NAME β¨
nvme_init_directive_send_id_endir β Initializes the passthru command for Directive Send Enable Directive. that's the whole vibe. she does one thing and she does it well. π
β¨ SYNOPSIS β¨
void nvme_init_directive_send_id_endir (struct libnvme_passthru_cmd *cmd
, __u32 nsid , bool endir , enum nvme_directive_dtype dtype , struct
nvme_id_directives *id );
like, look at her. void return, five arguments, zero drama (okay maybe a little drama). πΈ
π«Ά ARGUMENTS π«Ά
cmdβ the passthru command you're gonna use. this is the main character right here, the buffer everything gets written into. πnsidβ Namespace Identifier. which namespace are we talking to? this one.__u32core. βendirβ Enable Directive. it's abool, so it's giving yes-or-no energy, no in-between. π¦dtypeβ Directive Type, and it's anenum nvme_directive_dtype, so pls pass a real one bestie. πidβ Pointer to structurenvme_id_directives. yes, a pointer, so likeβ¦ make sure it points at something real. π
π DESCRIPTION π
so what does she actually do? she Initializes the passthru command buffer for the Directive Send - Identify (Enable Directive) command. that's it. that's the whole job. lowkey a slay, highkey essential β somebody's gotta set up that buffer and apparently it's her. β¨
fr fr: this is the setup step. she doesn't send anything herself, she just gets the command buffer ready so it can be sent. don't @ me, that's literally what "Initializes the passthru command buffer" means. π
π§ sign-off π§
and that's the page, bestie! this lil masterpiece comes to you from the libnvme API manual, dated October 2026. go forth and initialize your directive sends responsibly. mwah. πππ¦
π¦ where this page comes from
- arch rolling: nvme-cli 3.2-1 Β· GPL-2.0-or-later
- π girlified by deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash-1017 on : a language model's rewrite of the original, under its terms